After rebirth, I still experienced a mess

201 Saving Animals Instead of Saving People

I knew without asking that someone nearby must have tipped off the family members to arrive so quickly.

Faced with the accusations from several people, the mother immediately fell to the ground crying and started throwing a tantrum. This soon alarmed the neighbors, who rushed over to watch the fun, express their opinions, and fan the flames.

Seeing that the quarrel was endless, Guixiu had no choice but to ask her second brother's father-in-law what he had done wrong, but her second brother hesitated and refused to say: "Anyway, it was just a few ungrateful people who maliciously reported and deliberately wronged my father-in-law."

Gui Xiu sneered: "How can I help you if you don't explain clearly."

The mother wiped away tears and said, "It was all because of Xiao Wei's grain. My in-laws borrowed it from Wang Youfu and saved the lives of several groups in their village. Now they are accusing my in-laws of skimping on the grain."

Guixiu was very puzzled: "I signed for it in person, how could they deduct the weight? It seems that they are not just one family, why did they verify it at that time?"

The second brother said awkwardly: "The price of Xiaowei's grain is too high. We have to get back the capital after lending it out."

Guixiu still didn't understand: "We agreed to this in person, so where is the contradiction?"

The mother cried, "Now those damned ones refuse to admit it and say that charging interest is illegal, so they have united to report my in-laws."

Xiao Wei immediately understood what was going on. This was just like the usury that people would later do, where the interest was deducted first. For example, the IOU said 10 kilograms, but the actual amount borrowed was only 8 kilograms.

Times have changed, and those people don't want to pay interest. After all, in this era, it is not allowed to charge interest.

The main reason was that the price of Xiaowei's grain exceeded the national unified price by more than 30%. My second brother's father-in-law thought it was reasonable to add some interest. Besides, they were almost starving at the time, so he would agree to several times the cost, let alone half the interest.

Now the famine is basically over, and Wang Youfu did not charge interest when lending out the money, and only repaid one loan at a time. Those people felt unbalanced, so they jointly reported the matter.

There are many ungrateful people who would burn their bridges after crossing them. Xiao Wei didn't find it strange at all: "Who told you to charge interest privately? You deserve it. Not to mention being fired, you should be shot."

Gui Xiu asked: "Have the grains been returned?"

The second brother shook his head: "When Wang Youfu lent it out, he said he would pay it back in three years, and there is still more than a year left. He said it was Xiaowei's order."

Gui Xiu cursed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "You saved so many lives, but you can't even save your own relatives. How did you get by?"

Xiao Wei smiled bitterly: "The ancients have long said that you can save animals but not people. I wanted to take a gamble, but I didn't expect that I would actually lose."

Gui Xiu said decisively: "Everyone go back. I will take people to investigate tomorrow."

The town government obviously took Xiao Wei into consideration and only asked her second brother's father-in-law to suspend his post for investigation, not wanting to go too far.

Xiao Wei did not explain much and went there with more than 30 militiamen and several town officials.

In fact, there was nothing to check. My second sister-in-law's father had indeed added 30%. He also knew that the interest was illegal, so he deducted it at that time.

There are eleven groups in the village, eight of which were in particularly difficult circumstances and each borrowed around 500 kilograms.

Gui Xiu made an impassioned speech and severely criticized the director's behavior of raising the interest rate: "Fortunately, it has not been repaid yet, so it is not too late to make amends. I hereby announce that the director who handled the matter will be dismissed and investigated, and all previous IOUs will be invalidated. Now re-verify the amount borrowed and rewrite a new IOU according to the actual situation."

The whole village cheered and asked the team leaders to report the amount and write IOUs. Guixiu added: "On the IOU, not only the team leader but also the accountant must sign. If there are private borrowings, they must also sign and put their fingerprints on them."

My second brother's father-in-law burst into tears in anger: "I only added 30% at most, they reported too little."

Gui Xiu glared at him and said, "Bad guys, don't speak. Go away and wait for jail time."

For a moment, the two families cursed and cried, and the second brother was so angry that he yelled: "Xiao Wei, do you really want to kill both families?"

The mother rolled over and cried again.

Xiao Wei waved his hand impatiently at Captain Sun: "Take them away and don't let them affect the government's work."

After finally writing the IOU, Guixiu put it away and handed it to Wang Youfu: "In the future, you can come directly to collect the taxes without going through the village. The village cadres here are really untrustworthy."

Wang Youfu cursed with a bitter face: "More than a thousand kilograms are missing again. The market price at that time was 20 to 30 times the national price. Have you let your conscience be eaten by dogs?"

Qi Feng beat his chest and stamped his feet, crying: "If it weren't for our life-saving food, you would have starved to death long ago. Are you still human? How can we afford to compensate for so much loss?"

Gui Xiu snorted coldly: "It's good that I didn't ask you about your crimes. If you make trouble again, I will arrest you all."

The town official looked at Xiao Wei, looking a little embarrassed: "Isn't this an inappropriate way to deal with it?"

Xiao Wei replied calmly: "Isn't this your usual working method? Is there a problem?"

The second sister-in-law rushed over cursing and wanted to fight with Xiaowei, but fortunately she was held back by someone.

Xiao Wei calmly pulled out his pistol and fired a shot into the air: "If you continue to make trouble, I will kill you without mercy."

When the crowd calmed down a bit, Gui Xiu on the stage asked with a smile: "Are you satisfied with this handling? If you have any other opinions, please raise them and we will solve them immediately."

"Satisfied. Very satisfied."

"The girl is Justice Bao, we have no objection."

"That's right. It's outrageous to want to embezzle so much."

"These two families are too evil-minded."

"If you don't have a bad heart, you can make so much money."

Gui Xiu waved her hand to quiet down the grateful crowd: "Since everyone is satisfied, then this matter is settled. But I have a small question. I want to ask the various groups that borrowed grain. You knew that the quantity was wrong, so why did you still borrow it?"

"Why didn't you ask for it when you borrowed it? If you had asked for it then, you would have arrested them long ago. Why would you have waited until now?"

The conference hall suddenly fell into deathly silence.

Guixiu pointed at a group leader who had caused the most trouble at the beginning of the semester and looked unfriendly: "Tell me why?"

The tall team leader reluctantly said, “At that time—we didn’t notice it.”

Guixiu pulled out a pistol and played with it in her hand: "So when did you find out?"

"Other groups discovered the wrong number first, and then we knew there was a problem."

Guixiu remained calm: "Which other group is it?"

Seeing that the tall team leader didn't answer, Guixiu raised her hand and fired a gun. The bullet grazed his ear and said, "Speak."

The team leader was so frightened that he almost collapsed. He pointed at a tall and thin man and said, "He-he said that."

The tall and thin man was so scared that he wanted to step back. Guixiu waved his gun and said, "Can you tell me how you found out that the number was wrong?"

"The interest was deducted then."

Gui Xiu said calmly: "Words are not enough. What evidence do you have to prove that the interest was deducted at that time? Can you just rely on your words?"

"Everyone knows."

Gui Xiu smiled and said, "This team leader said that they didn't notice it at the time. And you said that everyone knew about it at the time. Neither of you has any effective evidence. Who is deliberately making up rumors and framing me?"

"I--what I said is true. When the director borrowed the grain, he said that the interest would be deducted first."

Gui Xiu glanced around the venue and asked, "Who else knew about this at the time?"